DNA is fundamental to the biology of all life on Earth, but how many of us actually know what it is or what it's made of?

This research topic focuses on the exploration and analysis of alternative nucleic acid structures within microbial systems, highlighting their importance ...

Nucleic acids are complex biological molecules that store and transmit genetic information in all living organisms. They are essential for the survival and reproduction of life on Earth. The two main ...

Nucleic acid therapeutics use engineered sequences ... any RNA-based therapy needs to resist rapid degradation. Due in large part to advances in nucleotide chemistry, researchers have developed ...

All bacteriophages are composed of a nucleic acid molecule that is surrounded ... Bacteriophages occasionally remove a portion of their host cells' bacterial DNA during the infection process ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — A researcher in Purdue University’s College of Science is developing a patent-pending platform technology that mimics the dual-layer structure of viruses to deliver nucleic acid ...

The nucleic acid molecules inherited by the living cell bear the plan of all the cell's protein molecules. It now appears that another kind of nucleic acid plays a key role in translating the plan ...